Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1910 — WOMAN'S SHERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN'S SHERE

STYLE FOR BRIDES INEXPENSIVE SILKS FOR PERSONS OF MODEST MEANS. Tradition* of Modesty Allow Collarlew Waists With Sleeves That Fall Shor* of Elbow—Stripes and Dots Prevail. New fashions for brides are not always conventional in the matter of the high-necked and long-sleeved bodice. Traditions of modesty waive • point here, allowing collarless waists very often, with sleeves that fall far short of the elbow. The “old-

fashioned” girl and others who find the high stock more becoming accept •only the cuts approved in the past, and surely this correct veiling of the throat and arms seems more proper ■for bridal attire. But yokes and un■dersleeves are all very filmy, and though lined with chiffon or net they are all still diaphanous enough to be becoming. In fact it is the exception to see the wedding frock’s own material carried straight up to the throat, while a sleeve without some underdrop in a more airy textile is altogether behind the times. In point of material many quite inexpensive silks are used by persons of modest means, these with stripes, dots or tiny floral sprays, or else a

twilled or corded weave. Marquisette and other fine veilings are much employed in conjunction with satin, rich lace, and chiffon, this combination turning out the most fairylike wedding frocks without great expense. One wedding dress shown by a leading importer was of embroidered batiste over satin. It was short, with a Dutch neck, and fairly incrusted with needlework. It was to be topped by a broad hat wreathed with white crape morning glories and snowy roses in the same airy texture. The materials used show endless shades of white, but pearl, snow-white and a delicate cream are the most satisfactory ones. A pretty arrangement tor the veil is to put it on after the manner of a straight gathered curtain, with the sides covering the cheeks and the rest of the face uncovered. The tulle or fine net used, is left unhemmed and it is shirred to a wire under a round wreath of orange blossoms.

Our illustration suggests an attractive and girlish design for a cloth frock braided with soutache that would be needed for walking or traveling. Here one of the new cloths with a rough finish is employed, the color a delicate tan, with the braiding and other trimming black. The skirt is plaited with a closely fitting yoke, and the upper part is a species of polonaise, with the neck rounded out and kimono sleeves cut with the side portions of the bodice. White net embroidered with black dots is used for the guimpe and undersleeves. Any wool of a solid nature would do for this frock, and machine embroidery may be bought for the trimming If the braiding seems difficult. The upper part of the dress could also be made of veiling and the lower part of silk, and with this arrangement an embroidered guimpe and undersleeves of white batiste would be very pretty. But in seeking for a rich effect remember that a black note in the trimming will always give it, and for that matter, a gown in almost any color might be trimmed solidly with black and be tn excellent style.